The stand from toEmpty animation of the Montjuïc Olympic Stadium It has been one of the most outstanding images of the Champions match between FC Barcelona and Brest. The closure, announced on the same Tuesday morning, is the result of the war between Joan Laporta and the supporters clubs and the origin of the indignation of a Blaugrana fan who was very angry with the management of the situation.
Thousands were the comments that appeared on the social network “This is a cemetery, the cheering stand is necessary!” or “fewer tourists and more real fans” are just a mere sample of the mountain of comments and videos shared about it.
And the fact is that the spirits, heated since the decision was known hours before, grew with the arrival of an invasion of thousands of Brest fans that made many remember what happened with the Eintratch Frankfurt a few years ago in the Europa League.
“You listen to the Brest people more than the culés, eh. Very poor atmosphere” or “you only hear the Brest fans,” point out other fans, outraged by the situation.
The official statement of the club
“FC Barcelona informs that as of today the Espai d’Animació (EDA) in the Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc is disabled due to non-compliance by the Groups that They are part of the obligations they have assumed with the club“, reported the entity in a statement on the same morning of the game.
The club assures that, given the content of the agreements accepted and signed between FC Barcelona and the different entertainment groups, and then of “repeated warnings”the process began to recover the amount of sanctions imposed on the club for behavior in the stands during last season.
“A behavior that generated up to fourteen disciplinary proceedings for behavior contrary to current regulations in the entertainment area“, reads the statement. During this process, the club gave the groups three different deadlines for compliance with their obligations and the last of them expired at midnight on Monday “without any results.”